To purists, this is not chocolate because it is made only from the fat or butter of the cacao…

85g natural colour glacé cherry, roughly chopped

Method

Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Beat the butter, sugars and egg until smooth, then mix in the flour, chocolates and cherry pieces and ½ tsp salt. Spoon onto non-stick baking sheets in large rough blobs – you’ll get 20 out of this mix. Make sure they are well spaced as the cookies grow substantially as they bake. The raw dough can be frozen.

Bake for 12-14 mins until just golden, but still quite pale and soft in the middle. If baking from frozen, give them a few mins more. Cool on the sheets for 5 mins, then lift onto racks with a fish slice and leave to cool completely.

I used all dark chocolate instead of using half white chocolate and used dairy free spread for a dairy free alternative, my children loved it.

anne112

2nd Jul, 2013

Delicious. Just used white choc and cherries. Everyone loved them so will make again. I used a dessert spoon size and got perfect large sized cookies without being massive.

catherinejames

24th Jun, 2013

Yummy, I substituted 50g of flour with 50g ground almond and some almond essence..worked really well, needed a drop of milk though as my one egg from our new hens was really small!

nimblenick

25th May, 2013

5.05

am just now making these
I put about 1/3 of the dough on the first tray and got 10 wonderful cookies, then tried to get the rest on a second tray and am now watching them melt into each other in the oven... entirely my fault, so I stay with the 5 star rating
next time I would use 3 trays and make 30 cookies
they taste very good, not too sweet and are absolutely super easy to make!

gfm722

17th May, 2013

5.05

very easy to make, think i'll put more chocolate in next time though

khare55

10th May, 2013

SO sublime...received rave reviews for these.

abroekman

3rd May, 2013

5.05

Absolutely brilliant. Used demarrera instead of muscovado, and made a second batch within days of the forst, this time with cranberries, pitsacchio and dark chocolate. Will be trying raisins, dark chocolate and pecans next...

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